Brady tries to cover up his failure to do his homework with the new grammatic term "dative of the accusative", but Barbara isn't having any of it. She, on the other hand, seems to have crossed Tom Waits with John Waite, an interesting musical proposition indeed! So on with the relative pronouns and viel Spaß beim Lernen!

In this fast and furious segment, Barbara takes the class on a slam dunk grammar tour of German relative clauses with prepositions. Viel Spaß beim Lernen!

Barbara bravely leads the somewhat sullen class (late night perhaps?) through an excellent lesson in constructing relative clauses with prepositions, and is not convinced when Mia claims that they are fertig. Whatever could she mean by that? Viel Spaß beim Lernen!

Barbara notices that Ian seems to have forgotten how to count in German, and then before the class can get started on relative clauses with verbs and prepositions, Mia and Liz make a great effort to explain sich gewöhnen an. In the end it's all laughs and high-fives! Viel Spaß beim Lernen!

Barbara tries to get the students to talk about what they don't like about Germany, but the only thing they can come up with is the lack of free water in restaurants and cafes. Barbara, however, admits that when she is in the US, she misses German bread. Meanwhile Jacob, Casie, and Stephanie sort out the meaning of sich kümmern um. Viel Spaß beim Lernen!

For a German language test, students have to conjugate verbs in the present tense, past tense and present perfect.

Today the German students learn how to switch main and dependent clause around using the conjunctions "when/if," "because" and "although." Watch out how the positions of the verb and the subject change!

The students of the German class focus on starting a sentence with a dependent clause in this clip. Many example sentences make grasping this part of the German language fun and easy.

In this clip, the German instructor elicits examples given by students. Watch, listen and learn as they practice the conjunction "dass" ['that'] in this intimate classroom setting. "Viel Spaß!"

Do you get confused when trying to apply the conjunction "when/if" in German? Well, this clip offers many example sentences practicing exactly that!

In this clip you will learn how to correctly ask and answer questions in German.

Another grammar lesson: In this helpful clip you get a quick introduction to German prepositions.

Two-way prepositions can take either the accusative or the dative case. However, in this video Barbara focuses on position and the question of "where." Her classroom demonstrations help her students understand the dative case. Viel Spaß beim Deutschlernen!

In this video Babara focuses on two-way German prepositions. With the help of a "Kuscheltier" [literally a "snuggle-animal", a stuffed animal], she demonstrates their meanings and proper use in the dative case. "Viel Spaß beim Deutschlernen!"

In the German language, when do you use the dative case and when the accusative case? In this episode of "Deutschkurs in Tübingen" you will learn that. Have fun!